After the round wreath made from little paper rosettes, here is another wreath – this one a red, heart wreath. I had used red/brown sheets, cut circles from the paper and rolled these rosettes before gluing them to a heart-shaped wreath base. I had made one mistake that I will need to rectify in my next wreath. I think I should have painted my wreath base red before adding the flowers. Right now, I can see bits [Continued..]
Happy New Year, dear readers! I hope this new year is a blessing to all of you. So I wanted to start off the new year on the blog, with a beautiful project. I was working on a complex origami, which wasn’t turning out to be much of a success! So I ended up putting it aside, incomplete for now, and instead started working on an easier (but more time consuming!) project, namely a paper [Continued..]
We got an order for a very unique colour combination, for a recent wedding. It was electric blue and lemon yellow. So we decided to give it a go and ended up with these boutonnieres. I started off thinking that the colour combination would be a bit too bright and the result might not be to our taste, but I was pleasantly surprised. My sister-in-law and I were both quite taken with these boutonnieres! We [Continued..]
I have made quite a few Christmas globes from paper strips and there are an abundance of tutorials on making these Christmas ornaments. So I was experimenting with the globe and ended up with a different ornament. I think it kinda resembles a lantern, doesn’t it? Well, whether it does or not, I have christened it as a Christmas Lantern It is quite simple to make and needs some strips of paper, a wire, beads, [Continued..]
As promised, here is how to make these bow-shaped ornaments, using paper ribbons. The procedure is quite easy. Practically, I tried out a few ways of making it easier and I finally figured out the easiest way to make them! The ornament takes about 15-20 minutes to make. What is needed: 1. Paper ribbons. I prefer using it from the reel itself. This ensures that I don’t waste any of the ribbon. If you prefer [Continued..]